Five-time NBA All-Star Blake Griffin is not with the Los Angeles Clippers Tuesday. He is back in L.A. after reportedly suffering a right hand injury after an incident with a team staffer while in Toronto.
Clippers coach Doc Rivers chose not to address it at morning shootaround.
“We’re not going to talk about it much today,” he said. “We’re going to release a statement before the game and then I’ll talk about it with my media stuff before the game.”
#Clippers forward Blake Griffin injured his right hand after hitting a member of the team's equipment staff during an argument in Toronto
— Michael Eaves (@michaeleaves) January 26, 2016
The altercation started in a restaurant. It proceeded outside where Griffin hit the equipment staffer multiple times. #Clippers
— Michael Eaves (@michaeleaves) January 26, 2016
Griffin hasn’t played since Christmas Day, 14 straight absences, due to a partially torn left quad tendon.